TV Overnights: ITV1’s football coverage scores a high of 5.3m

ITV1’s UEFA Champions League Live coverage peaked with 5.3 million viewers during prime time last night.

The full Tottenham v Real Madrid game, which saw Spurs lose 1-0, attracted 4.5 million average viewers and a 19.5% audience share between 7.30pm and 10pm.

However, the football was overshadowed by BBC One’s prime time line-up. All new DIY SOS: The Big Build banked the top ratings with a peak audience of 6.3 million viewers between 7.30pm and 8.30pm.

And at 9.15pm, BBC One reclaimed the top spot with Masterchef, which pulled in a high of more than 5.7 million viewers and a 20.8% average audience share.

Elsewhere, Channel 5’s popular NCIS claimed 1.9 million average viewers and a 7.8% share during the 9pm to 10pm peak-hour, while BBC Two’s The Crimson Petal and the White achieved an average audience of 1.6 million viewers and a 6.5% share.

On Channel 4, Jamie’s Dream School picked up 1.2 million viewers during the peak-hour, before the new series of Desperate Housewives banked 1.3 million viewers in the 10pm to 11pm slot.

Overnight data is available each morning in mediatel.co.uk’s TV Database, with all BARB registered subscribers able to view reports for terrestrial networks and key multi-channel stations.